Part of the British Library Newspapers collection, 19th Century British Library Newspapers provides researchers with the most comprehensive collection of national and regional newspapers of Victorian Britain available. This full-text, fully searchable digital archive includes 50 papers originating in England, Scotland and Ireland, carefully selected by an editorial board from the British Library and providing a broad yet detailed view of British life in the 19th century. The collection is made up of daily and weekly publications and reflects Britain's growing role as a superpower in the 19th century world.
Multidisciplinary in scope, 19th Century British Library Newspapers includes:
"The 19th-century British Library Newspapers add to a rich collection of other historical material that is already available from Cengage...Gale's other U.K. historical material includes the Economist archive from 1843 to 2000, the Burney Collection of 17th- and 18th century newspapers, and 19th-century U.K. periodicals...Together, these resources will give historians and other researchers unparalleled access to historical material."
--Information Today, January 2008